Acting
May 14, 1972
Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Graziella Moretto
Acting
Biography
Graziella Moretto (Santos, May 15, 1972) is a Brazilian actress and author. She has received several awards throughout her career, including the Calunga Trophy for Best Actress at the Recife Festival, as well as receiving nominations for a Grande Otelo and a Guarani Award. Moretto has a degree in Performing Arts from the renowned School of Dramatic Arts at the University of São Paulo. She is known for City of God (2002), Maids (2001) and Feliz Natal (2008).
Feature Films (11)
Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn't always make things better.
Maids
An achrival documentary exploring the relationship between Nina Moretto and her mother Graziella Moretto
A Daughter, A Mother, A Camera
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.
December
Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.
The Sign of the City
Who was J., a young man killed by the police in Rio de Janeiro? During the trial of this case, the defense lawyer of the cops who killed J. wants to know where he worked, who he was related to and how he spent his time. Next to the body of J. was found a backpack with suspicious material
O Caso J.
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
City of God
The five youngsters must prevent Nefasto from possessing the mythical Vulcan's hammer who grants an immeasurable power to its owner.
O Martelo de Vulcano
Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.
Not by Chance
Television & Series (9)
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for Oscars in four categories, including Best Director for Fernando Meireles. Based on the story of two friends, Laranjinha and Acerola, who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum, 'City of Men' brings into sharp relief the condition of children and adolescents in these areas, realistically yet with a dose of humor.
City of Men
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.
Shades of Sin
In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.
Três Irmãs
Cristal, a young woman raised in an alternative community in the countryside, experiences a love story with the urban and workaholic Tony.
Estrela-Guia
After a castaway, five youngsters end up in an unknown island inhabited by unusual creatures, a wise Egyptian woman and an evolved, malign being of bacterian origin.
